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CSM can lead to a gradual neurological decline which is often passed off as 'getting older'. Typical early symptoms of weakness or loss of dexterity in ones hands, can progress to stiffness in arms and legs. This makes an individual unsteady, but also less able to react to brace themselves in a fall.

Radcliffe et al (2015) have recently reported thier findings of a high incidence (18%) of undiagnosed CSM in patients presenting with a hip fracture (a significant injury typically seen in the elderly following a fall).

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